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DJ Daniele Baldelli spun at the Italian Riviera's versions of Studio 54 and Paradise Garage in the late '70s and early '80s, slowing down reggae and Kraftwerk in order to create a more stoned, so-called "cosmic" sound.

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Is David Grubbs post-rock's godfather (as founder of Bastro and Gastr del Sol) or a stuffy professor moonlighting on guitar (he now teaches at Brooklyn College)?

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Finally, the 21st century gets a classical-music artist befitting the times: information- inundated, busied, riddled by ADD. Connecting blue-haired symphony subscribers to indie-rock bedheads, the twentysomething New York composer is all over the place on his second disc.

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A teen metalcore guitarist turned studio engineer turned glammy multi-instrumentalist (2007's promising The Moonstation House Band), David Vandervelde has already had a whirlwind career by his late 20s.

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After a string of heady singles and collaborations with fellow Norwegian Prins Thomas, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is already a leading light of 21st-century (see '80s-worshipping) disco. But on his debut album, he shoots for the stratosphere and lavishly scores. A three-piece suite that conjures not just St.

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If Burke's voice now lacks the stirring richness of his early-'60s R&B hits like "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" and "Cry to Me," his dramatic skills haven't faded a bit. Shifting gears from 2006's countrified Nashville, he turns to laid-back pop and gospel-flavored tunes about hard times and spiritual crisis, written by fans such as Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, and Jesse Harris.